Day: April 10, 2018

schwit1 writes: The Federal Trade Commission put six companies on notice today, telling them in a warning letter that their warranty practices violate federal law. If you buy a car with a warranty, take it a repair shop to fix it, then have to return the car to the manufacturer, the car company isn’t legally allowed to deny the return because you took your car to another shop. The same…

Original release date: April 10, 2018 Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft’s April 2018 Security Update Summary and Deployment Information and apply the necessary updates. This product is provided subject to this Notification and this Privacy & Use policy. Source: https://www.us-cert.gov

A recent online rumor got people buzzing about a possible 2018 release of PlayStation 5, but that’s probably not going to happen, Gizmodo reports. Citing a source, the outlet says it believes the next PlayStation may not arrive until 2020. From the report: It’s been nearly five years since the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One launched, which has triggered bouts of nervousness and excitement among video game fans who want…

Breakbulk carriers and shippers hope the threatened US steel tariffs are merely a negotiating tactic. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. NEW ORLEANS — Steel importers and ocean carriers are still struggling to gauge the impact of President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs, which have clouded an improving breakbulk market outlook and left almost everyone guessing. “We don’t… Source: http://www.joc.com

Apple’s third-generation iPad Pro, due presumably in June 2018, is likely to have important but incremental improvements over its predecessor and include technologies introduced in the iPhone X. Source: http://www.zdnet.com

A vulnerability affecting emergency alert systems supplied by ATI Systems, one of the leading suppliers of warning sirens in the USA, could be exploited remotely via radio frequencies to activate all the sirens and trigger false alarms. From a report: “We first found the vulnerability in San Francisco, and confirmed it in two other US locations including Sedgwick County, Wichita, Kansas,” Balint Seeber, Director of Threat Research at Bastille, told…